Violation of norms led to 32,032 disconnections in 2022: Vaishnaw

Telecom operators disconnected 15,382 and 32,032 connections during 2021 and 2022, respectively over violation of regulations, meant to curb Unsolicited Commercial Communication or pesky marketing calls and messages, Parliament was informed on Friday.

Till date, TRAI has imposed financial disincentives of Rs 34.9 crore on the access service providers for failing to curb unsolicited commercial communications in their networks from Registered Telemarketers, Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said in a written reply in Rajya Sabha.

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued Telecom Commercial Communication Customer Preference Regulation – 2018 to curb the Unsolicited Commercial Communication (UCC).